The mighty veteran Purulia Express serving for decades, daily commuters' lifeline and witness to a Rising Bengal! - Soumyadip Mahato

Still lot of buffer between toranagallu and ballari

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This slack is required because Ballari Junction is zone changeover station

Such slack is provided for many of the trains at such stations

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Yes bellary is a changeover station and zone changes before GTL and he may be aware of it. As this train is given E loco and doubling is done upto Gadag/Hubli why can't the running time be reduced to 5.5hrs from Hubli to GTL is his/my concern. If one train is speededup then we can expect Amaravati, BZA Hubli exp and others.

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Already 17321 Vascodagama Jasidih Express running in 5hrs 5min & also 12649 Karnataka Sampark Kranti running in 5hrs 30min - dude...

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Thanks for the information but my concern is why this train is speeded up just 15 mins and still taking 6.5hrs? It should have been cut to 5.5hrs

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